AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Running Facebook Contests Just Got a Lot Easier : Congratulations, former Facebook promotions rule-breakers–it’s now officially ok to break those rules. Actually, you won’t even have to–Facebook has changed those pesky Promotions Guidelines and made it easier to run and administer contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

I ran into John Haydon who helped me with my new Facebook brand page. He presented me with a copy of new book, Facebook Marketing for Dummies. One topic I’ve been researching is the answer to this Facebook question, “What free or low cost apps are there for nonprofit brand pages?”

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This method utilizes the vast reach of platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok to engage audiences and encourage donations. Video appeals for social media fundraising Social Media sites like facebook, YouTube, and X have become places where short-form video content rules.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Mari Smith pointed to this blog post from All Facebook explaining the metric and how it has been implemented in apps. I’ve never run an ad for more fans, or done silly contests or anything else, you know? Photo by lecercle. Checking in at a place. Why the heck should I even care? Size has never mattered to us.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Help the organization get authorized for receiving donations on Facebook. If your organization has benefited from Facebook birthday fundraisers, you can be made an administrator and thank those fundraisers and their donors. Do this weekly or monthly.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here are some post-gala strategies to spark engagement : Relive the Memories, Fuel Excitement: Photo & Video Power Unleash the Photo Power: Tag, Share, & Contest Your Way to Engagement Capture the night’s essence through captivating photos and videos. Leave them in a comment below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. Its true impact has yet to be measured, but Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and every other social media platform have already caused a revelation in how people want to communicate. They want to connect.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

If you only engage with your supporters via one digital communication channel, such as just Facebook or Instagram, you might find that you’re starting to repeat yourself or your post formatting is getting stale. Social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter allow you to send out polls and questions to your followers.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

Facebook – [link]. According to our recent study 98% of nonprofits survey respondents have a Facebook page. billion Likes and comments per day, Facebook is a mainstay in our world. Here are 5 things they do well on their Facebook page: Sharing interesting content. Creating interesting contest.

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NetWits

AUGUST 31, 2012

Are Twitter and Facebook Important for Event Fundraising? Kickstart Your Supporters with 5 NEW Fundraising Contest Ideas. Share your tips in the comments below and/or share links to other helpful resources. The #1 Way to Raise More Money Through Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events. Mobile and Social Media. Creative Ideas.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Incentivize engagement by hosting a giveaway or other fun contest just for new followers on your platform of choice. Make sure to mention the contest in your regular emails and newsletters so your entire mailing list will know about it. Just like. a multi-channel approach to fundraising. Social media isn’t only for fundraising!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/BigCatRescue. Chris then spends about 8 hours per week responding to comments an building relationships with our viewers. In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase. Name: Carol Baskin.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

As part of that role, I was in charge of our various social media channels, including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Please leave a comment below about how you’ve used data to help make a decision about the social channels you were already using. In the book, Beth and Katie identify a number of themes. Just getting started?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

If someone was scrolling through their social media account and came across a post from your nonprofit, would they like, comment, or share it? For example, Gen Z and Millennial audiences are active Instagram users, while older generations tend to be more active on Facebook. What should you post? When should you post?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Organic posting, running contests, and incorporating social media marketing in emails are all great ways to get started on your branding journey. Post a Facebook survey. You can easily make it feel like a community by engaging in the conversations happening in the comments on your posts. Run a contest! And the best part?

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. " In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Each charity had a page for comments, and those pages were filled with "use your spare vote for."

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Do they feel that one day Twitter and Facebook are going to bring in the big bucks and build a huge base of activists that will come to your organization’s rescue when you need their help the most? Doing Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. You might also consider setting up a Facebook Group just for alumni and encourage them to share this information. Notice the engagement in the comments, with people tagging each other. Connect Alumni with Current School Experience.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Facebook Limits Landing Tabs To “Authenticated Pages&# – "This afternoon Facebook announced via the developer forum that Facebook Pages now need to be authenticated in order to have landing tabs.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group? In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. If you have, you certainly aren’t alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. YouTube Goes Fully Social And Challenges Facebook | Community Organizer 2.0 – "Today, YouTube announced that every single YouTube channel now comes equipped with a moderator feature.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 4, 2023

Sharing behind-the-scenes views of your organization, reporting on the individuals, communities, or organizations you’ve helped, or holding contests, polls, and surveys are all good ways to build engagement. When someone posts or comments, respond to them. They have an opportunity to speak directly to you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. " In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Each charity had a page for comments, and those pages were filled with "use your spare vote for."

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Now it's time to address the social site with the biggest stage right now: Facebook. Forum One's Facebook Page. Michaela Hackner and I recently hosted a pair of NTEN webinars titled "How to Become a Facebook Rockstar." You can't dive in just because Facebook is what all the kids are doing these days.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

Stand-out peer-to-peer fundraising platform features Host campaigns for multiple event types — runs, walks, rides, and more Make fundraising fun with contests, head-to-head matchups, and drawings Embed your donation pages and fundraising thermometers into your website Pricing Learn more about OneCause’s pricing plans.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Join us as we talk about the latest social good initiatives underway at Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and YouTube while also seeing how non-profit organizers are using these tools to change the world. Charles Porch – Facebook – Charles Porch supports marketing partnerships for Facebook around public figures and non-profits.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " 1 vote can equal $1 million « Nonprofit Communications: Duck Call Blog – "Today is the first day people can vote in the final round of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook.

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NTEN

APRIL 14, 2009

We're glad to see member organization ZeroDivide shares our appreciation and is deploying it for educational and rewarding purposes: The ZD Technology Haiku Contest! ZeroDivideFacebook Page - If you are on Facebook, please post your Haiku on our discussion board, [link]. ZD Blog - Comment on this blog post.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Our friends at Epic Outreach do a GREAT job of telling their story on Facebook using photos and video. If you share things that interest her, she’ll engage with you, liking your posts, commenting, and sharing. Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. JUST for fun! Call to Action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

If you only engage with your supporters via one digital communication channel, such as just Facebook or Instagram, you might find that you’re starting to repeat yourself or your post formatting is getting stale. Social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter allow you to send out polls and questions to your followers.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Host a selfie contest encouraging visitors to snap pics with their preferred objects or in their favorite spaces, . Here are some great ways to let visitors know that you appreciate the social media shout out: . “Like” their posts and comment if appropriate, . Add their content to your story on Instagram or Facebook, .

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 1, 2021

It can be helpful to host your livestreamed gala event directly on social media like Facebook Live or YouTube live. This encourages active engagement from your attendees as they comment on your content. Silent auctions, raffles, and contests are great ways to get people talking about and taking part in your event.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

You can check them out on our Facebook page. We've selected two commentators to win Flip Ultra Cameras. They posted a wide variety of inspirational, funny, and just plain well made videos as examples of what they learned. We're not going to lie -- they weren't just doing it for extra credit. The winners are.

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